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GoogTube?

Developing story today from the Wall Street Journal, via Reuters:

Internet search leader Google Inc. is in talks to buy popular Web video site YouTube Inc. for close to $1.6 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing a person familiar with the matter.

That price would be roughly triple what News Corp. paid for MySpace.

  • Google in talks to buy Web video site YouTube [Reuters]
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